United Kingdom Simón Bolívar Youth Choir, Lourdes Sánchez (conductor): St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 7.4.2014 (PCG)
Concert Reviews
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Virtuosic But Puzzling Recital from Buniatishvili
United States Liszt, Ravel, Chopin, Stravinsky: Khatia Buniatishvili (piano). Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 7.4.2014. (DA)
The Wisdom Of Maturity: Pinchas Zukerman And Yefim Bronfman
Canada Schubert, Beethoven and Brahms: Pinchas Zukerman, violin, Yefim Bronfman, piano, Chan Centre, Vancouver, 6.4.2014 (GN)
Hardly a Good Night for Puccini or WNO’s Reputation
United Kingdom Giacomo Puccini (1858-1925), Manon Lescaut (1893): (Sung in Italian with subtitles in English and Welsh.) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno. 2.4.2014.
Innovation, Majesty and Reflection in Philharmonia Concert
Wagner, Berlioz, Elgar: Ruxandra Donose (mezzo soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 3.4.2014 (CS) Wagner: Overture, Rienzi Berlioz: Le mort de Cléopâtre, scène lyrique Elgar: Symphony No.2 in Ab major Op.55 The Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of Edward Gardner found a myriad moods as they charted the stages … Read more
Hubris Meets Humility as Duo Deftly Clown Around Korngold’s Songs.
United Kingdom Strauss, Korngold, Mahler: Christopher Maltman and Simon Lepper, Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, 4.4. 2014 (LJ)
A St. Matthew Passion in Sympathy with Bach’s Intentions
United Kingdom Bach, St. Matthew Passion: Soloists, Choir of Merton College and Oxford Baroque / Benjamin Nicholas (conductor). Merton College Chapel, Oxford, 6.4.2014 (CR)
The Vogler Quartet Visits The ‘Darker Side’
Canada Schulhoff, Schubert and Shostakovich: Ian Parker, piano, Vogler Quartet (Tim Vogler and Frank Reinecke, violins, Stephan Fehlandt, viola and Stephan Forck, cello), Vancouver Playhouse, 1.4.2014.(GN)